one can use it as well. grandparents, other family members, the holidays are coming, put the money in there. where is that going? when you shop for 529, go to saving for college.com for free and shop around. you want to have lots of different assets you can choose because you're going to have to make changes as your children get closer to school. you want to be much more conservative when they're in high school, but right now his kids are young enough he can take a little bit of risk. >> any other funds or other way to save for college besides the 529? >> 529 is the best way. just be systematic with the savings. the 529 is going to be your best bet. >> keep up with it. don't have a lag of time where you're not contributing to it. >> the old dollar cost averaging strategy there. >> sounds like good advice. if you have an issue you want our experts to tackle, upload a question to ireport.com. >>> developments are unfolding quickly out of the middle east. as we have been reporting, discussions are under way to